[3] Upon promotion to komusubi in 1824, he changed his ring name to Inazuma Raigorō (稲妻 雷五郎), meaning "lightning bolt" in Japanese.

Ōnomatsu is said to have been his rival and their competition established the golden age of sumo in the late Edo period.

A bronze statue of Inazuma was erected in front of the Inashiki Municipal Museum of History and Folklore.

These precepts include notions like the cardinal values of Sumo (wisdom, humanity and courage) and disciplinary advices (wrestlers are not to indulge in the vices of alcohol and gambling).

The "Sumo Precepts" also give advices to wrestlers when in bouts (do not show mercy to your opponent, do not underestimate him, do not fear him, do not scheme against him and follow your breathing while observing the moves).